{"product_id":"visceral-essays-paperback","title":"Visceral: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaría Fernanda Ampuero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrances Riddle\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA raw personal essay collection by the internationally known author of \u003cem\u003eCockfight\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHuman Sacrifices\u003c\/em\u003e on the terror of being in a female body in a misogynistic world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to move with a woman's body through a misogynistic world? María Fernanda Ampuero, one of the greatest writers of the new wave of Latin American gothic fiction, answers this question in this personal essay collection that's part analysis, part confessional, and part horror story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough vivid personal details--finding a corpse in the shade of a colorful parasol during the pandemic, remembering a disintegrating relationship through a letter to a stuffed mouse, slowly realizing she is being abducted by a Tinder hookup, imagining herself a barbarian on the streets of Madrid--and with surreal dark humor, Ampuero traces her memories of colonizers and exiles, parents and childlessness, lockdown relationships and lost innocence, fatphobia, mental illness, and writing as a practice for surviving all of it. What emerges is one woman's account of what it means to live in a human body--oppressed, ailing, and outraged--told as only Ampuero can.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaría Fernanda Ampuero\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and a journalist, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1976. She has been published in newspapers and magazines around the world, and is the author of the journalistic narrative nonfiction titles \u003cem\u003eLo que aprendí en la peluquería\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePermiso de residencia\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the author of the short story collections \u003cem\u003eHuman Sacrifices\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCockfight\u003c\/em\u003e, which have been translated into several languages, as well as the recipient of the Cosecha Eñe Award for Short Stories. In 2012 she was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Latin Americans in Spain, and in 2018 she won the first Mad Women Fest Short Story Prize. She is based in Madrid, Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrances Riddle\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated numerous Spanish-language authors including Isabel Allende, Claudia Piñeiro, Leila Guerriero, and Sara Gallardo. Her translation of \u003cem\u003eElena Knows\u003c\/em\u003e by Claudia Piñeiro was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2022, and her translation of \u003cem\u003eTheatre of War\u003c\/em\u003e by Andrea Jeftanovic was awarded an English PEN grant in 2021. Her work has appeared in journals such as \u003cem\u003eGranta, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She holds a BA in Spanish from Louisiana State University and an MA in translation studies from the University of Buenos Aires. Originally from Houston, she now lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68351275335901,"sku":"9781558613737","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/DGh498Xn569781558613737.webp?v=1793350268","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/visceral-essays-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}